Reservoir-brush.



R. TUMLIGH.

RESERVOIR BRUSH. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1913.

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,RESERVOIR-BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 12, 1913.

Patented Mar. 3,1914.

Serial No. 773,131.

0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD ToMLIGI-I, a subject of the German Emperor, and residing at Munich, Bavaria, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reservoir-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in brushes of that type in which the stock is provided with a container for a detergent, disinfectant, or other fluid, and is perforated on the face to enable exit of the latter.

In brushes of this class .the holes in the face must in general be small, and it is an acknowledged inconvenience that the contents of the reservoir do not sufficiently readily flow out when brushing. To obviate this defect I form the face of the brush with a plurality of hollow, pierced elevations, to the tops of which the bristles are applied. These protuberances communicate with the interior of the reservoir, and in the position of use of the brush they constitute cups adapted to receive the detergent fluid or the like.

When employing a brush of this construction its movements are normally such that at any given moment the fluid, while it fills certain of the cups, leaves one or more there of empty, and it is manifest that the orifice at the bottom of each vacant cup will form an air-inlet and facilitate flow of liquid from the other cups to the bristles during the operation of brushing.

One embodiment of my invention is illus trated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation and part vertical section of the new brush; Fig. 2 is an underside view, and Fig. 3 an end view of the same.

The brush shown in the drawing consists of a container a, which may be of any suit able material and of any shape agreeable to the hand, and has on its face two openended protuberances, or nozzles a adapted to receive plugs or stopples 6. These stoples are perforated at cl and carry the tufts of bristles c, which thus crown the prominences, while the surrounding surface of the container remains free. The detergent or the like is supplied to the reservoir a through the orifice of one ofthe nozzles 41 whereupon the latter is plugged with its stopple b, and the brush is then ready for application. In the operative position of the brushthe interior of each of the prominences a constitutes a cup adapted to hold the fluid in the reservoir a. \Vhcn brushing, one cup will as a rule fill, while the other one is substantially empty, so that air will find access to the interior of the container a through the hole (Z of one plug b and thus will facilitate egress of fluid through the orifice (Z of the other plug 6.

It will be observed that when after use the new brush is laid down in the ordinary manner with the bristles upward, fluid can not leak out, as would be the case were an air-hole to be provided on the back or at the side of the reservoir a.

Apart from the advantages secured by the novel manner of providing for the entrance of air, the new brush is especially useful in those cases, 6. g. for certain toilet purposes, where it is desirable that the bristles shall be located in more or less isolated groups, instead of being evenly distributed over the entire face of the stock.

Although for the sake of simplicity I have illustrated but a single form of brush, possessing only two nozzles, it must be understood that I do not desire to restrict myself to the constructional details depicted, as the improved brush may be of any suitable form and dimensions, and may in particular be provided with any desired number of protuberances, constituting cups of any required depth, as will be clear from the ambit of the claims which form a part of this specification.

Having thus described my invention, I declare that what I claim as new is- 1. In a brush a reservoir, a plurality of 22 1,oss,eo1

3. In a brush, a reservoir Whose bottom In testimony whereof I afiix my signature Wall is internally*depressed at a plurality in presence of two Witnesses. of laces. so as to oresent externall a nu1nr w" ber of iselated pro minences the tog of each U RICHARD lOMLICI 5 of which is removed, andperfoi-ate d plugs, Witnesses:

provided with bristles, fitting in the open RICHARD LEMP, tops of the prominences JOHANNA STERN.

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Washington, D. G." 1 

